Datto's new service module, developed through Level Platforms technology integration program, enables MSPs to better manage status, category and priority of Datto devices through the Level Platforms dashboard.

Given the complexity in the extremely dynamic nature of IT security, statistics from Gartner and anecdotes from the channel both suggests that a managed services approach may be the channel's best bet.

As technology becomes more tightly integrated with specific business challenges, MSPs and other channel partners must continue to specialize in given technologies in vertical markets in order to rise to the top.

MSPs can now commission customer projects to be executed through Continuum's India-based NOC. Meanwhile, its backup and disaster recovery solution can now be integrated with a variety of legacy hardware.

While a large group of EMC's investors continue to hope that EMC will sell parts of itself to create more clear valuation for them, EMC is likely heading in the opposite direction by considering more acquisitions, according to a top analyst.